That’s 10 percent of Colorado’s nonelderly veterans. Colorado ranked slightly below the national average in the study.

The study found that veterans are more likely than the rest of the population to have insurance. Still, 1.3 million nonelderly veterans have no insurance and an additional 900,000 use VA health care but don’t have insurance.

The authors of the report estimate that national health care reform, the Affordable Care Act taking effect in 2014, would mean nearly half of uninsured veterans would qualify for government insurance programs such as Medicaid. Thousands more would qualify for subsidized coverage under the law.